outgeneral
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For two or three days and nights they managed to outgeneral all their adversaries, and succeeded bravely in making the best of their way to a Free State.
Terrence assured him that he would yet aid him to outgeneral the Englishman, and he only wished that he might come into port during their stay.
From Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established by John R. (John Roy) Musick
To outgeneral a dog-fancier was a tribute to his shrewdness; to save two hundred dollars on a single purchase was economy of a high order.
From The Auction Block by Rex Ellingwood Beach
But possibly we can think up some way to outgeneral him.”
From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune by John Henry Goldfrap
When I met you today I at once knew it was all up with me unless I could outgeneral you—and I think I have.
From The Mystery of Monastery Farm by H. R. Naylor
I don't know when I have ever been as comprehensively and pleasurably outgeneraled as I am when I read Martin.
From Time ● Jul. 9, 2011
She got outgeneraled and outfought by Shirley Fry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even while the issue remained in doubt, it was evident that the Japanese had outgeneraled the Allies.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Big Bill" was seriously extended and outgeneraled by Richards during four smashing sets.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had set her will on escaping from my loathed presence without a “scene”; but her rage at having been outgeneraled was too fractious for her will.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various
Out-gunning and outgeneraling the U.S. players at every turn, Sedgman never let either of his opponents get really set, much less launch an attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
The smile was that of the conquering hero, outgeneraling in retreat allied forces outnumbering his small army a thousand times.
From Cupid's Middleman by Edward B. Lent
"The Building Fund" tells the story of the outgeneraling of grasping son and conniving daughter's daughter by a hard old woman of the strong farmer class in the west of Ireland.
From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Cornelius Weygandt
By the spring of 1942, Slim admits, "we, the Allies, had been outmanoeuvred, outfought, and outgeneralled."
From Time Magazine Archive
We believed that the answer lay entirely in the fact that we had been outgeneralled.
From A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry by Julian Wisner Hinkley
To be thwarted and outgeneralled is what this black-browed man can illy bear.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas
The widow was flanked, outgeneralled, routed along the whole line.
From That Mother-in-Law of Mine by Anonymous
Almagro made every effort to defend his stolen prize, but was outgeneralled at every step.
From The Spanish Pioneers by Charles F. Lummis
He is a master tactician, and wins most of his matches by outgeneralling the other player.
From The Art of Lawn Tennis by William (Bill) Tatem Tilden
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